Tuyển tập 353 đề thi học sinh giỏi môn Tiếng Anh lớp 6,7,8,9,10,11,12 (có đáp án)

most of his time sitting at the table and looking out of the window across the pleasant
parkland that surrounded the house. He sometimes talked to himself and said things half
under his breath. He bit his nails and once he produced a penknife and dug holes in the
furniture until one of the attendants (nhân viên) took it from him. I thought at first that
perhaps he was mentally ill. During the second day I even began to feel a little nervous of
him. He was extremely large, both broad and tall, with very wide shoulders and enormous
hands. His huge head was usually sunk low between his shoulders. He had dark, rather
untidy hair and a big shapeless mouth which open very now and then. Once or twice he
began singing to himself, but broke off abruptly (bất ngờ) on each occasion - and this was
the nearest he seemed to get to noticing my presence.
By the evening of the second day I was completely unable to go on with my work.
Out of a mixture of nervousness and curiosity, I sat, too looking out of my window and
blowing my nose, and wondering how to set about establishing the human contact which
was by now becoming an absolute necessity. It ended of with my asking him for his name.
He had been introduced to me when he arrived, but I had paid
no attention then. He turned towards me a very gently pair of dark eyes and said his name:
Huge Belfounder. He added:" I thought you didn't want to talk." I said that I was not at all
against talking, that I had just been rather busy with something when he arrived, and I
begged his pardon if I had appeared rude.
It seemed to me, even from the way he spoke, that he was not only mentally ill, but
was highly intelligent; and I began, almost automatically, to pack up my papers. I knew
that from now on I should do no more work. I was sharing a room with a person of the
greatest fascination.
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1. How did Huge spend the first two days?
A. He worked as if the writer was not there.
B. He talked and sang to himself from time
to time.
C. He spent his time making holes in the
furniture.
D. He kept annoying the attendants.
2. On the second evening the writer
A. tried in vain to start a conversation.
B. was feeling bored.
C. began to fell frightened of his
companion.
D. could not concentrate on his work.
3. Huge didn't talk to the writer at first
because
A. he didn't realise the writer wished
to.
B. he thought the writer was rude.
C. he was feeling ill.
D. he was too busy.
4. The writer's attitude to Huge changed
from
A. fear to nervousness.
B. nervousness to interest.
C. curiosity to nervousness.
D. nervousness to unfriendliness.
V. Read the passage and put one suitable word into each gap:
People usually complain that they never have enough time to accomplish tasks. The hours
and
(1) ................ seem to slip away before many planned chores get done. (2)
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